Survey Crafter, Inc. Survey Crafter Walkthrough Summary: Walkthrough: Applies to: Topic: Synopsis This tutorial walks you through entering the example employee satisfaction survey in Survey Crafter Professional s Survey Designer window. Briefly, the following procedure has you do the following: 1. Create a new study file 2. Create a new survey in the study 3. Write the employee satisfaction example survey 4. Save the study file Notes Entering the example employee satisfaction survey in Survey Crafter Professional s Survey Designer window SCWT-SCP330-0407601 Survey Crafter Professional 3.3.0 or later Surveys Last Updated: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 More Info: Click here for more walkthroughs These instructions assume you are using Survey Crafter Professional 3.3.0 or later. To determine what version of Survey Crafter Professional you are using, choose About Survey Crafter Professional from Survey Crafter Professional's Help menu. If you would rather copy and paste than type directly into the Survey Designer window, choose Paste Special from the Edit menu and select the Unformatted Text option. This allows the text you are pasting to inherit the settings of the prevailing font. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 1 of 34
Walkthrough Step 1 Start Survey Crafter Professional. If Survey Crafter Professional displays the evaluation dialog box, click on the Close button. Survey Crafter Professional displays the Welcome dialog box. Figure 1: Survey Crafter Professional s Welcome dialog box If Survey Crafter Professional does not display the Welcome dialog box, then if Survey Crafter Professional displays the Tip of the Day dialog box, read the tip and click on the OK button. Then choose New from Survey Crafter Professional s File menu and skip to step 3. Step 2 Click on the Start a New Study button on the Welcome dialog box. If Survey Crafter Professional displays the Tip of the Day dialog box, read the tip and click on the OK button. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 2 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the Study window. Figure 2: Survey Crafter Professional s Study window Step 3 Click on the New button on the Surveys tab of the Study window. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 3 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the New Survey Wizard dialog box. Figure 3: Step 1 of 3 of the New Survey Wizard dialog box Step 4 Choose Web Layout under Choose the Initial Layout Mode. Clear the Insert Instructional Block check box. Click to select the Show Drag and Drop Question Block Layouts Toolbar check box. Click to select the Display Page Border check box. Click on the Next button. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 4 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays step 2 of 3 of the New Survey Wizard dialog box. Figure 4: Step 2 of 3 of the New Survey Wizard dialog box Step 5 Choose Blue/White Grid under Choose the Initial Block Style. Click on the Default Font button and select the font you would like the survey to use. Choose Use the Default Font under When you insert a new question block. Click on the Next button. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 5 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays step 3 of 3 of the New Survey Wizard dialog box. Figure 5: Step 3 of 3 of the New Survey Wizard dialog box Step 6 Click to select the Spell Checking As You Type check box. Choose the spelling dictionary you want to use under Spelling Dictionary. Click on the Finish button. Survey Crafter Professional displays the Survey Information dialog box. Figure 6: Survey Information dialog box Step 7 Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 6 of 34
Type the name of the survey under Name. Type the description of the survey under Description. Click on the OK button. Survey Crafter Professional displays the Survey Designer window. Figure 7: Survey Crafter Professional s Survey Designer window Step 8 Choose 16 from the font size drop down on the formatting toolbar. Click on the Bold toolbar button on the formatting toolbar. Click on the Center toolbar button on the formatting toolbar. Type Software-R-Us Employee Satisfaction Survey. Make sure the cursor is at the end of the title and press the Enter key. Survey Crafter Professional displays what you typed and the cursor is blinking in the middle of the next line. Step 9 Click on the Align Left toolbar button on the formatting toolbar. Choose Default Font from the Format menu and click on the OK button. Make sure the cursor is on the line below the title and press the Enter key. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 7 of 34
Step 10 The cursor is now blinking two lines below the title on the left. Type Please take care in completing the following survey. Your answers will be instrumental in helping to improve the quality of life at Software-R-Us. Press the Enter key. Survey Crafter Professional checks the spelling while you type. A red squiggly line appears under words that Survey Crafter Professional cannot find in the spelling dictionary. Figure 8: Survey Designer window with title and instructions Step 11 Choose For Multiple Closed-End Questions on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Click to select the Number check box on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Clear the Notes and Label check boxes on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Scroll the gallery of block layouts below until you see the 5th row. Click once on the layout that shows Rank on the right. Keep the mouse over the layout for a few seconds. Survey Crafter Professional displays a tip window that shows basic information about the block layout. The tip should indicate the block layout is [O60] For Multiple Closed-End Questions. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 8 of 34
Step 12 Double-click on the block layout. Survey Crafter Professional displays an online help topic for the block layout. The online help has a topic for each block layout. Read about the block layout and then close the online help window. Click on block layout [O60] on the Question Block Layouts toolbar, hold the left mouse button down and drag the layout into the Survey Designer window. When the cursor is pointing below the last line in the Survey Designer window, release the mouse button. Survey Crafter Professional displays a question block with 5 questions and 5 prompts. Figure 9: Survey Designer window with a new multiple closed-end question block Survey Crafter Professional draws a blue border around the question block. Because you chose the Blue/White Grid block style in the New Survey Wizard dialog box, Survey Crafter Professional draws lines around each cell in the question block and alternates blue and white. Step 13 Choose Paragraph / Above Block from the Insert menu. Double-click inside the question block Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 9 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Figure 10: The Type tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box The Type tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box displays the same settings you chose from the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Like on the Question Block Layouts toolbar, you can move the mouse over a block layout to see the layout tip window and doubleclick on a layout picture to read about the block layout in the online help. You can also at any time change the Block Type, selection of optional block components and/or choice of layout. Step 14 Keep the original settings in the Type tab and click on the Next button. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 10 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the Questions tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Figure 11: The Questions tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box The Questions tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box allows you to choose how many questions you want the question block to contain. You can choose Custom and enter a number or choose From List and select a list. Step 15 Make sure Custom is selected. Make sure Number of questions is 5. Click on the Next button. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 11 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the Prompts tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Figure 12: Prompts tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box The Prompts tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box allows you to choose how many prompts you want the question block to contain. You can choose Custom and enter a number or choose From List and select a list. Step 16 Click to select From List. Click... on the button to the right of the drop down. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 12 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the List Library dialog box. Figure 13: Survey Crafter Professional s List Library dialog box Survey Crafter Professional comes with lists that you can use. You can edit any list or create new ones. Step 17 Scroll the list until you see a list called Satisfaction. Double-click on the Satisfaction list. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 13 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the List - Satisfaction dialog box. Figure 14: The List - Satisfaction dialog box Step 18 Click once to select the Very satisfied line. Click on the Delete button. Click once to select the Very dissatisfied line. Click on the Delete button. Click on the Dissatisfied line. Click on the Up button 2 times to move the line to the top. Click on the Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied line. Click on the Up button 1 time to move the line to the middle. Double-click on the Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied line. Type Neutral and press the Enter key. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 14 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the changed definition of the Satisfaction list. Figure 15: The List - Satisfaction dialog box Step 19 Click on the OK button. Click on the Select button on the List Library dialog box. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 15 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional shows that the question block is using the Satisfaction list for the prompts. Figure 16: The Prompts tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box Step 20 Clear the Add No Reply prompt check box. Clear the Randomize prompts (Web only) check box. Click on the Next button. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 16 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the Rules tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Figure 17: the Rules tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box Step 21 Click to select the Automatic Numbering check box. Clear the Restart Numbering at check box. Clear the Response is required check box. Click on the Finish button. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 17 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional changes the question block in the Survey Designer window to reflect the changes you made in the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Figure 18: Survey Designer window showing the Satisfaction list Step 22 In the Text area to the right of the block number, replace Text with Please indicate your satisfaction. Then rank the importance from 1 to 5. In the Text area above Dissatisifed, replace Text with Satisfaction. With the cursor on Satisfaction, click on the Center button on the Formatting toolbar. In the Text area on the right, replace Text with Importance Ranking. With the cursor on Importance, click on the Center button on the Formatting toolbar. Replace the Question areas with: Software-R-Us as a place to work The company's training program Your compensation at Software-R-Us The company's equity structure Your health care benefits at Software-R-Us Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 18 of 34
The Survey Designer window should now look like this: Figure 19: Survey Designer window with question and headings on the first group Step 23 If you want to change the widths of the columns to make more room for the questions, do the following: Move the mouse pointer over the vertical line between Neutral and Satisfied. Click and hold the left mouse button down and drag the border to the right until the border appears over the S of Satisfied. Release the left mouse button. Move the mouse pointer over the vertical line between Dissatisfied and Neutral. Click and hold the left mouse button down and drag the border to the right until the border appears over the N of Neutral. Release the left mouse button. Move the mouse pointer over the vertical line between the questions and Dissatisfied. Click and hold the left mouse button down and drag the border to the right until the border appears over the D of Dissatsified. Release the left mouse button. Repeat these steps until you have arranged the columns the way you want. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 19 of 34
The Survey Designer window may look something like this: Step 24 Figure 20: Survey Designer window with adjusted column widths for the first group Choose Save from the File menu to save your work. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 20 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the Save As Dialog box. Step 25 Figure 21: Survey Crafter Professional s Save As dialog box Navigate to a location on your hard disk or on a network drive to save your study file. Type a file name in the File name box. Click on the Save button. Step 26 In the Survey Designer window, do the following: Move the cursor to the blank line below the question block. Choose Page Break from the Insert menu. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 21 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional shows a second empty page below the page that contains the first question block. Figure 22: Survey Designer window with a second blank page Step 27 Move the cursor to the blank line on the second page. Type In this next section, you will be given a series of statements about Software-R-Us. Press the Enter key 2 times. Step 28 Choose For Multiple Rating Questions on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Click to select the Number check box on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Clear the Notes and Label check boxes on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Scroll the gallery of block layouts to the top until you see the 1st row. Click once on the layout in the 1st column of the 1st row. Keep the mouse over the layout for a few seconds. Survey Crafter Professional displays a tip window that shows basic information about the block layout. The tip should indicate the block layout is [R53] For Multiple Rating Questions. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 22 of 34
Step 29 Click on block layout [R53] on the Question Block Layouts toolbar, hold the left mouse button down and drag the layout into the Survey Designer window. When the cursor is pointing below the last line in the Survey Designer window, release the mouse button. Survey Crafter Professional displays a question block with 5 questions, each using the Satisfaction list for the prompts. Figure 23: Survey Designer window with a new question block for multiple rating questions Step 30 Double-click inside the question block. Click on the Next button on the Type tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Change the number 5 to 7 in the Questions tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Click on the Next button on the Questions tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Click on the... button to the right of the From List drop down. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 23 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the List Library dialog box. Figure 24: Survey Crafter Professional s List Library dialog box Step 31 Scroll the list up until you see the Agree/Disagree list. Double-click on the Agree/Disagree list. Use the Up and Down buttons to reverse the order of the list. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 24 of 34
The List - Agree/Disagree dialog box should look like this: Figure 25: The List - Agree/Disagree dialog box Step 32 Click on the OK button. Click on the Select button on the List Library dialog box. Click on the Finish button on the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 25 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the question block using the Agree/Disagree list. Figure 26: Survey Designer window with the second group of question using Agree/Disagree Step 33 In the Text area to the right of the block number, replace Text with Please indicate how strongly you agree or disagree with each statement. Replace the Question areas with: I have the appropriate technology and tools to perform my job well. Software-R-Us is a fun place to work. Hard work at this company is adequately rewarded with promotions and increased compensation. I work an appropriate number of hours each week. I feel empowered to make decisions at Software-R-Us. I feel comfortable speaking my mind to company management. Management is interested in what I have to say. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 26 of 34
The Survey Designer window should now look like this: Step 34 Figure 27: Survey Designer window showing the 2nd question block completed. Move the cursor to the blank line below the second question block. Choose Page Break from the Insert menu. Survey Crafter Professional shows a third empty page below the page that contains the 2nd question block. Step 35 Choose For 1 Closed-End Question on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Click to select the Number check box on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Clear the Notes and Label check boxes on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Scroll the gallery of block layouts until you see the 3rd row. Click once on the layout in the 2nd column of the 3rd row. Keep the mouse over the layout for a few seconds. Survey Crafter Professional displays a tip window that shows basic information about the block layout. The tip should indicate the block layout is [O15] For 1 Closed-End Question. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 27 of 34
Step 36 Click on block layout [O15] on the Question Block Layouts toolbar, hold the left mouse button down and drag the layout into the Survey Designer window. When the cursor is pointing below the last line in the Survey Designer window, release the mouse button. Survey Crafter Professional shows a new closed-end question block that uses the Agree/ Disagree list. Figure 28: Survey Designer with a new closed-end question block Step 37 Double-click inside the question block. Click on the Next button on the Type tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Change the selected list from Agree/Disagree to Age. Click on the Finish button. Survey Crafter Professional redisplays the question using the Age list. Step 38 Replace Question with What is your age? Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 28 of 34
The Survey Designer window should now look like this: Figure 29: Survey Designer showing the 3rd question block completed Step 39 Click on block layout [O15] on the Question Block Layouts toolbar, hold the left mouse button down and drag the layout into the Survey Designer window. When the cursor is pointing below the last line in the Survey Designer window, release the mouse button. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 29 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays a new closed-end question block that uses the Age list. Figure 30: Survey Designer window showing the 4th question block Step 40 Double-click inside the question block. Click on the Next button on the Type tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Change the selected list from Age to Gender. Click on the Finish button. Survey Crafter Professional redisplays the question using the Gender list. Step 41 Replace Question with What is your gender? Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 30 of 34
The Survey Designer window should now look like this: Step 42 Figure 31: Survey Designer showing the 4th question block completed Choose For 1 Open-End Question on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Click to select the Number check box on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Clear the Notes and Label check boxes on the Question Block Layouts toolbar. Scroll the gallery of block layouts until you see the 1st row. Click once on the layout in the 1st column of the 1st row. Keep the mouse over the layout for a few seconds. Survey Crafter Professional displays a tip window that shows basic information about the block layout. The tip should indicate the block layout is [L01] For 1 Open-End Question. Step 43 Click on block layout [L01] on the Question Block Layouts toolbar, hold the left mouse button down and drag the layout into the Survey Designer window. When the cursor is pointing below the last line in the Survey Designer window, release the mouse button. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 31 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays a new open-end question block. Figure 32: Survey Designer window with a new open-end question block Step 44 Double-click inside the question block. Click on the Next button on the Type tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 32 of 34
Survey Crafter Professional displays the Range tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box. Figure 33: Range tab of the Question Block Wizard dialog box Step 45 Change the Maximum open-end response length from 250 to 2500. Click on the Finish button. Survey Crafter Professional redisplays the question. Step 46 Replace Question with Do you have any suggestions about how Software-R-Us can be made a better place to work? Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 33 of 34
The Survey Designer window should now look like this: Step 47 Figure 34: Survey Designer window with the 5th question block completed Choose Save from the File menu to save the changes you have made to the study file. You have now completed entering the Employee Satisfaction Survey in Survey Crafter Professional s Survey Designer window. Copyright 2004 Survey Crafter, Inc. All Rights Reserved Page 34 of 34